Railway-tie.



(Application led June 10, 1902.)

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TN: uonms mms oo.. wom-uma. wAsumofon. u1 c UNITE JOHN BYRNE, OF EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO.

RAILWAY-TIE.

.SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent N0. 714,559, dated November 25, 1902.

Application iiled June 10, 1902. Serial No. 111,044. (No model.)

ready, and thoroughly practical manner to effeet securement of the rails within the seats of the tie without the employment of bolts; furthermore, tofprovide means for tightening the rails in the seats should the same work loose, as from jars or vibrations incident to the passage oftrains thereover.

With/these and other objects in View, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a railway-tie, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts, there is illustrated one form of embodiment of the invention capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the elements therein exhibited may be varied or changed as to shape, proportion, and exact manner of assemblage without departing from the spirit thereof, and in these .drawings- Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a railwaytie constructed in accordance with the present invention, the rails being in section. Fig. 2 is a view in plan. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of one of the seats, showing more particularly the manner in which the rail is held positioned therein. Fig. 4 is a perspective detail View of the locking-wedge. Fig. 5 is a perspective detail View of the key for holding the locking-wedge in position.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the tie; 2,the seats disposed near each end thereof; 3, the'locking-wedges; 4, the keys, and 5 the rails.

The tie is by preference made of steel or iron and is of the width of the ordinary wooden tie, thus to prevent sufcient resistance against The seat is provided with a rail-base-re ceiving recess 7, one wall S of which overhangs, thus to inclose a widthof the railbase, the other wall 9 being vertical, or approximately so, to permit ready insertion of the rail-base within the recess. Adjacent to the straight wall is arranged a groove or recess 10, which is disposed at an angle to the said wall and is adapted to receive the lower reduced portion 11 of a rail-locking wedge 12, the upper portion of the said wedge having a shoulder 13, the walls 14 and 15 of which are disposed at an angle to the oulter face of the wedge, as clearly shown in Fig, 3. The terms upper, lower,7 innen and outer are used to define the dii'erent parts of the structure when they are in operative position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Viewed from above the locking-wedge is approximately trapezoidal in contour, and both the seat-engaging portion 11 and the shoulder 13, which constitutes the rail-engaging portion, are wedge-shaped longitudinally and transversely of their lengths, by which arrangement when the locking-wedge is forced to its seat the rail will not only be securely forced against the overhanging wall ofthe base-receiving recess of the seat,`but will also be positively forced downward against the bottom of the` recess, and thus held from vibratory motion. To effect the inward movement of the rail against the overhanging wall 8 of the base-receivin g recess, the end wall of the groove 10 is pitched at an angle to the rail corresponding to the outer edge of the seat-engaging portion of the locking-wedge, as clearly indicated by dotted lines 16 in Fig. 2. W'hen the wedge is seated, its wall 14 engages the wall 9 of the rail-`receiving recess and its wall 15 engages the web of the rail, the under face 17 of the shoulder bearing IOO upon the upper face of the rail-base, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. By this coaction between the locking-wedge, the rail, and the rail-receiving recess of the seat the rail will be positively held to the seat.

As stated in the first part of the specication, one of the objects of this invention is to dispense with the ordinary form of bolts ernployed for securing a wedge in position in a seat, and to effect this a key 18 is provided, having at one end a head 19 and at its opposite end a locking toe or lug 20, the key being adapted to be inserted through a keyhole-slot 2l in the entering end of the locking-Wedge, said slot being disposed parallel, or approximately so, with the wall 14 of the shoulder 13. When the Wedge has been driven to its seat, the key is inserted in the slot 21 and the upper face of the lug 20 is turned into engagement with the under side of the base of the rail, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, thereby securing the key in position. When once seated within the slot, the key will, even though it be out of engagement with the base of the rail, be held from accidental disengagement with the locking-wedge. While but one keyhole-slot 21 is herein shown, it will be obvious that a plurality of these may be employed and still be within the scope of the invention, and as this will be obvious detailed illustration thereof is deemed unnecessary.

An advantage accruing from the arrangement described is the facility with which a rail may be removed from the seat, it being only necessary for the operator to remove the keyand by a blow from the hammer to remove the looking wedge. This may be quickly and easily accomplished and eliminates the possibility of rust-locked nuts and bolts common to railway-rails and which are a source of not only a great annoyance, but require an expenditure of labor to effect their removal when necessary and often their destruction.

All of the parts of the invention describedthat is to say, the tie, locking-wedge, and key-.may be made of cast metal and at a cost not in excess of the ordinary form of metallic tie commonly employed. y

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'- 1. A railway-tie having a rail-base-receiving recess provided with a straight and an overhanging wall and with a channel disposed adjacent to the straight wall and at an angle thereto, and a rail-locking device having a Wedge-shaped portion to engage the channel and a wedge-shaped shoulder to engage respectively with the straight wall of the recess and with the upper side of the base and-with the web of the rail. l

2. A railway-tie having a rail-base-receiving recess provided with a straight and au overhanging Wall and with a channel disposed adjacent to the straight wall and atan angle thereto, a rail-locking device having a Wedge-shaped portion to engage the channel and a wedge-shaped shoulder to engage respectively with the straight Wall of the recess and with the upper side of the base and with the web of the rail, and a key associated with the narrow end of the lockingwedge and having a lug adapted to be turned under the base of the rail.

3. A railway-tie having a rail-base-receiving recess provided with a straight and an overhangi-ng walll and with a channel disposed adjacent to the straight wall and atan angle thereto, a rail-locking device having a wedge-shaped portion to engagethe channel and a wedge-shaped shoulder to engage respectively with the straight wall of the recess and with the upper side of the base and with the web of the rail, and means carried by the locking device to hold it against accidental separation from the tie.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

, JOHN BYRNE.

Witnesses:

W. C. SUPPLEE, HERMAN SUPPLEE. 

